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The only product of the Modec company was the Modec EV commercial vehicle. It was produced in three versions; a chassis cab, box van and a dropside. All three shared a common wheelbase of 141.7 in (3.60 m) and a steel ladder frame chassis. The Modec has a kerb weight of 3.3 tonnes and a max gross capacity of 6.05 tonnes.
Tariff engineering refers to design and manufacturing decisions made primarily so that the manufactured good is classified at a lower rate for tariffs than it would have been absent those decisions. [1] It is a loophole whereby an importer pays a lower tariff by changing the intended import such that the importer has a lesser tariff burden. [2]
The pre-production prototype of a fully electric van, which was also the first vehicle developed by the British company Arrival, was presented in August 2017. [4] Nine prototypes were built for the Royal Mail as a trial in 2017, in three weights of 3.5, 6, and 7.5 t (7,700, 13,200, and 16,500 lb); [5] they were used to distribute mail from the central London depot. [6]
A Liner Conference System (also called a "shipping conference") is an agreement within the shipping industry in relation to ocean liners.Typically, the agreement is between two or more shipping companies to provide scheduled cargo and/or passenger service on a particular trade route under uniform rates and common terms.
The powertrain of the Metro vans was typically based on an equivalent series International light-or medium-duty truck. For example, an LM-120 1/2 ton Metro van (5,400 lb weight capacity or GVWR ) with a 7 3/4 or 9 1/2 foot body effectively had the IH engine (SD-220), transmission , rearend , wheels (although with varying bolt patterns), and ...
U.S. intensive chicken farming led to the 1961–1964 "Chicken War" with Europe. The Chicken Tax is a 25 percent tariff on light trucks (and originally on potato starch, dextrin, and brandy) imposed in 1964 by the United States under President Lyndon B. Johnson in response to tariffs placed by France and West Germany on importation of U.S. chicken. [1]
A freight rate (historically and in ship chartering simply freight [1]) is a price at which a certain cargo is delivered from one point to another. The price depends on the form of the cargo, the mode of transport (truck, ship, train, aircraft), the weight of the cargo, and the distance to the delivery destination.
In addition to trips, users can order cargo transportation, loader services, and in difficult traffic situations, use engine start and towing services. [13] In July 2020, Maxim launched two tariffs: Courier for transportation of documents, packages and goods, and Shopping and delivery of goods, medicine and groceries.